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Wednesday 25 april 2018

KING’S DAY

ORANJESTAD – In case you
happen to be on vacation
in Aruba this coming Friday
you will get the chance to
see and feel the love of
the Aruban people for their
King Willem-Alexander. His
birthday will be celebrated
and this means that Friday
is a public holiday. There
will be festivities all-over
the island, flea markets,
restaurant specials and for
all you will see a lot of the
color orange, referring to
the color of the Dutch Royal
Family, which hails from the
House of Orange.

The colors of the official
Dutch flag are red, white,
and blue. On royal birth-
days, the Dutch tricolor is
flown with an orange pen-
nant above it. Each year on first in the line of succession Let’s Celebrate!
April 27, Amsterdam — and since his mother’s acces- There will be numerous
indeed the entire county — sion to the throne on April sporting events and family-
turns orange and because 30, 1980, he also bore the friendly celebrations com-
Aruba is part of the Dutch title of prince of Orange. ing Friday. Sports compe-
Kingdom, we celebrate Willem-Alexander married titions, kite flying contests
along. Aruba is one of the Argentine-born Máxima and fun-filled activities are
four countries that make up Zorreguieta (thereafter held at various sites includ-
the Kingdom of the Neth- Princess Máxima) in Am- ing community centers.
erlands: The Netherlands, sterdam. On April 30, 2013, There will be flea markets
Aruba, Sint Maarten and Beatrix stepped down, and and various activities for
Curacao. Willem-Alexander was in- children during the day at
augurated as king of the the parking lots of super-
Willem-Alexander Netherlands. market Superfood and res-
King Willem-Alexander is The couple has three taurant Bingo in Noord and
the head of state of Aruba daughters: Catharina- at Casibari Café in Casi-
and the governor repre- Amalia, Princess of Orange bari. The Local Art & Farm-
sents the monarch in Aruba. and first in line to the throne, ers Market ‘Under The Stars’
Willem-Alexander was the Princess Alexia of the Neth- will start at 6 PM until 11 PM.
son of then Princess Beatrix erlands, Princess Ariane of The celebration will con-
and Prince Claus. He was the Netherlands. tinue on the 28th of April,
Saturday, with Under the
Stars King’s Day Celebra-
tion and Food Truck Festival
Aruba starting at 6 PM till
11 PM. San Nicolas also has
her King’s Day Celebration.
The town has local popu-
lar games, creative work-
shops, cultural discovery
tours, art market and much
more to offer during the full
day. This is just a small part
of all that is going on this
coming Friday and Satur-
day.
Check out the Facebook
page Events for more in-
formation. Don’t miss these
great activities and enjoy
your orange fest.q